Australia:  Australia yesterday defended their hotly contested decision to pull out of a cricket series against Afghanistan following a Taliban crackdown on women’s “basic human rights”. Australia and Afghanistan were scheduled to play three ODIs in the United Arab Emirates in March but Cricket Australia (CA) scrapped the series after consultation with stakeholders, including the Australian government.

“Basic human rights is not politics,” CA chief executive Nick Hockley said in a statement

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 14 2023

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